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I feel like I haven't slept in days!

Let's see, since my last post I have been pretty busy.

Friday night after work I hit the road to Elkins, WV to attend the WV FOE State Conference. It's basically about 2-3 hours of meetings over 2 1/2 days mixed with a lot of beer! LOL

I made it home Sunday afternoon and I headed to the Eagles here in town to drop off some stuff and check on some things.

I was back to work on Monday. Then I had a meeting with a group of people interested in taking over some functions at the Eagles. That was a successful meeting and some really good changes are coming soon! I was back over to the Eagles that night to sign checks and have a few impromptu meetings. I didn't get home until after 10:30.

I was back up and at work by 6:30 Tuesday. I was beginning my first day (of three) of a testing class. It was called Testing Techniques for Business Analysts. The first day was very interesting. The instructor really makes or breaks these classes. Luckily I had someone who knew what she was talking about.

After work I headed over to the radio station to talk out the details of a rock concert that I'm spearheading at the Eagles. We also talked over a few other exciting projects that might eventually swing our way! I'm so glad that these opportunities are coming our way! And to think...it all started because I decided to run some radio ads for JINXD. I even had to PAY for them myslef...intially that is! They eventually reimbursed me.

Then I rushed back over to the club for our bi-monthly member's meeting. That all ended around 9:00 but there was still some checks that I needed to sign and with everyone there wanting to talk business, I didn't make it home until after 11:00.

Back up on Wednesday to attend day two of my class. This was the hardest day for me because, since I went to 10 hour days a few weeks ago, this was usually my day off. Oh well...not this week it wasn't. I was suppose to hit the gym with Frank around 5:30 but the radio station called again and had the band's contract and wanted me to come over and look it over. After discussing all the details with them and also working out some future radio promotions, I headed straight home and took a nice long NAP! Man was it needed! Only problem though is that I slept TOO long. SO I was still up at 1:00 this morning! ;-(

Back to work yet again for my last day of class. This time however, I did manage to hit the gym with Frank for a pretty good chest workout. Then rushed home, showered, and back to the club to help sell raffle tickets and drum up some business.

I just got home about 20 minutes ago (around 10:15). I thought I would get on here and apologize to everyone that may think that I'm ignoring them! I promise you I'm not! I really feel like the last 5-6 days have all been one really long day!

Tomorrow is still more of the same I'm afraid. Though I don't have anymore class! ;-) I still have to work tomorrow for a few hours of over time! I also need to meet some fire fighters over at the club to welcome their group to the club and hopefully sign up some new members. Then maybe I can get another good workout in tomorrow evening.

After that I'm really hoping to have some R&R. We have initiation at the Eagles Sunday afternoon. There are a few banquets this weekend that I may go over and help with. I also have a very long list of things that I need to get done before our rock concert!!! More details on that later!

I hope all is well with you! Take care.

Roller coaster

Ok...why do women I've never met, or even talked to, add me as a friend on Face Book and then after a few days of friendly chats get pissed off, or at least seem annoyed, when I'm not interested in dating???
Listen one and listen all...my love life has been one crazy roller ride the last few years...and I absolutely HATE roller coasters!!! I have finally gotten myself off the ride! My thoughts are clear...I have focus again...and I'm trying to do what's best for me for once in a looong time. I am NOT good boyfriend material right now!!!

I DO NOT NEED OR WANT YOUR HELP BACK ONTO THE ROLLER COASTER!!!

Thank you!!!


P.S. - I'm much better at swimming! ;-)

Rocking Eagles Concert

I want to come to the 1st Eagle's Rock Concert featuring Mirror Mirror, Jinx'd, and the Steve Hussey Band!!!
	Oh yeah...Tell me when and I'm there!
	Maybe...just gotta be feeling it.
	Not really into ROCK!
	I'd rather see Envy instead of Mirror Mirror!
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Newspaper Interview

I had my first newspaper interview on Friday. The local paper heard that the Eagles is listing their property for sale. This may be a huge shock for our members...which might wake them up and make them realize that they need to frequent the facility more than once a year!!!

Kudos to Jody Murphy of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel. He was very accurate in capturing my quotes. I have to admit I was nervous that I might be taken out of context. Nothing was farther from the truth. Everything he quoted was exactly what I said! Who says you can't trust reporters?

Here's the story:

Eagles looking for smaller nest
By JODY MURPHY
POSTED: March 6, 2010

PARKERSBURG - The local Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2307 on Gihon Road is looking for a smaller site.
Lodge President J.R. Ruble said members have voted to list the 25,900 square-foot building and adjoining 28 acres of land for sale.
"Times are tough," he said.
Ruble said a number of factors - declining membership and activity, the health department's indoor air regulations and the widespread growth of video lottery - pushed the need to downsize.
But Ruble was emphatic that the Eagles was not closing.
"We are looking at opportunities to downsize," he said. "We are not closing."
Ruble said the aerie will not have a for-sale sign up on the property and the order will consider several options for sale, such as selling just the building, part or all of the surrounding land or the entire parcel.
Ruble described the group's situation as "house poor."
"You have a nice house, but you can't buy any furniture," he said.
"If we could sell some of the land we could pay down the mortgage and refinance," Ruble said. "We are looking at all kinds of opportunities."
The building was erected in 1998 and was host to numerous banquets including Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Allohak Council of the Boy Scouts, the National Rifle Association and Wood County schools.
"We do everything we can for the community," Ruble said.
The property is listed for more than $2.7 million. The 28-acre site includes a baseball field, concession stand, a pond and picnic shelters. The 25,900 square-foot building includes a ball and banquet rooms, office space, a massive bar area and a fully equipped kitchen.
Ruble said the club has about 2,500 members, but sees less than 10 percent of those members on a regular basis. Ruble has been a member for three years.
Ruble would like to find a more central location for the aerie, similar to former site in downtown Parkersburg. The Eagles used to be at the Boreman Wheelhouse building, along Fourth and Avery streets.
Ruble said the club has enough funding to keep the status quo for two to three years, so the situation is not desperate.
"We are not shutting the doors and we are not accepting a low-ball offer," he said. "But we could see the writing on the wall."

High School Drama

Some of my friends have already heard this story...but I wanted to do a blog post so I can remember this for the future.

About two weeks ago a girl added me as a friend on Face Book. No big deal, people add and/or remove friends all the time. Her name didn't look familiar, but I saw that she was mutual friends with a few of my friends. So my thought was "ok, she's just out here adding people". So I accepted her request. For the sake of this blog I'll nickname her "Small".

About a week later Small updated her status to "Going to dinner with my mom and sister at Tampicos". This is my favorite mexican restaurant in P-burg. So I commented on her post, as I would any of my friends posts. Here's what I wrote exactly: "I love Tampicos. I'm so jealous. Enjoy!" Now this seemed like a harmless comment to me. I wasn't making a pass at her, I wasn't asking to go to dinner with her, I was just being friendly.

It wasn't 15 minutes after my comment I received an e-mail from someone I had never met before. For blog purposes, let's call him "Fake", you'll understand why in a minute. Fake's comment to me was "You look gay". He was referring to my profile pic, the one where I had my shirt unbuttoned. My response to him was simply "Are you an expert?". We went back and forth with smart aleck comments. He obviously had something for Small. I was just defending my honor, so to speak. The whole conversation ended when I reported him and got his account closed down.

I then sent a message to Small and told her that some guy called Fake was sending me messages and that he was sick of guys hitting on her all the time. I told her that I was just being friendly and wanted to know what his deal was. She told me that Fake was indeed just that, a fake account. She told me his real name, which I'll call Puss. Puss because who uses a fake account?

So I do my normal ranting and raving on Face Book about how Puss was an idiot. Come to find out that he wasn't even dating Small anymore. It's like he had to mark his territory of something! LOL. Somewhere in the several comments and posts I must have mentioned something about being President at the Eagles.

The next day around 11 am our Facilities Manager calls me and asks if I was expecting anyone at the club. I said no. She said there was 4 guys there looking for me, 1 white guy and 3 black guys. The white guy was driving a silver car. One guess what color of car Puss drives!

So now I really start doing my homework on this puss. This isn't high school anymore, it doesn't matter who has the biggest friends, just who has the most influential. Come to find out that Puss is a substitute teacher. So I make a call to someone that I know that is on the Board of Education. You see, the Eagles sends a lot of money out to schools every year. I told him that we had one of his teachers in our club causing problems and scaring our customers. He said he would take care of it. So good luck finding future employment Puss!

Now in case Puss ever gets to read this, let me say something to him directly. I've seen your pictures, you are nothing for me to worry about. Some of my friends have even worked with you and others know who you are. So I get why you think you need 3 extra guys to help you win a fight...but this isn't high school anymore. We live in the big world now! You're 33, it's time to grow up! However, you feel free to find me one-on-one anytime you want and then you and I can settle whatever problems you think we have. It's obvious you need a lesson in how the real world works. End of message!

Ok...enough of all of this. Hope all is well with each of you (except Puss, LOL).

Talk with you later